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El nuevo libro de Teresa Peréz de Cortéz, Los Sufrimientos de una Niña, una autobiografía sobre los tiempos difíciles en una la familia

BALDWIN PARK, Calif., 16 de febrero de 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — El reciente lanzamiento del libro Los Sufrimientos de una Niña por Teresa Peréz de Cortéz de la editorial Page Publishing, nos trae la historia Teresita, una niña con mucha responsabilidad otorgada desde muy temprano; nos narra las peripecias de Teresa para resistir la vida sola y sin apoyo, pero también nos demuestra la capacidad del ser humano de adaptarse y de sobrevivir a tiempos difíciles con determinación.

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Teresa Pérez de Cortez, nacida en el año 1943 en la ciudad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Nació de una madre soltera, pero ella fue una mujer con muchos sufrimientos, porque ella siendo una niña, desde los ocho años de edad, se hizo cargo de su madre quien padecía del corazón.

Una historia maravillosa, que evocará un mundo de emociones, rabia, impotencia, dolor, tristeza por todas las injusticias sometidas contra nuestra protagonista, pero, sobre llenará de determinación a todos los lectores, y también de orgullo ajeno a una mujer sin barreras, que soportó dolor e injusticias, pero nunca llenó de odio su corazón.

Publicada por Page Publishing, el hermoso libro de Teresa Peréz de Cortéz, Los Sufrimientos de una Niña, nos entrega su vida y sus penas, pero también sus pequeños triunfos que ha conseguido.

Para los lectores que deseen experimentar esta hermosa experiencia, pueden hacerlo, a través de la lectura de este libro, concretando la compra de Los Sufrimientos de una Niña en cualquier tienda en línea de Apple iTunes, Amazon, Google Play o Barnes and Noble.

Para información adicional o cualquier consulta pueden contactar a Page Publishing, a través del siguiente número: 866-315-2708.

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Page Publishing es una editorial tradicional, que presta todo tipo de servicios, maneja todos los temas intrínsecos involucrados en la publicación de los libros de sus autores incluyendo la distribución en las tiendas minoristas más grandes del mundo y la generación de las regalías. Page Publishing sabe que los autores necesitan ser libres para crear, no atados a un negocio complicado con temas como la conversión de libros en línea, establecer cuentas de ventas, seguros, impuestos y temas similares. Sus autores pueden dejar atrás estos temas tan tediosos, complejos y que representan una pérdida de tiempo para ellos, y enfocarse en su pasión; escribir y crear. Aprende más en www.pagepublishing.com

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Consumers Energy Announces Crescent Wind Now Producing Clean Energy in Southern Michigan

HILLSDALE, Mich., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Consumers Energy announced it began ownership of 166-megawatt Crescent Wind which began producing clean, renewable energy today for residents and businesses in Michigan.

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«We are thrilled to welcome Crescent Wind to our assets powering Michigan with clean energy,» said Dennis Dobbs, vice president of enterprise project management, engineering and services for Consumers Energy. «It’s amazing to consider the addition of Crescent Wind completes a doubling of the wind energy parks we own and operate compared to a year ago.»

Crescent Wind in Hillsdale County features 60 turbines with a capacity to power about 64,000 residents. Invenergy developed and built the wind farm. Consumers Energy took ownership and operations of the facility upon its completion today.

A team of 11 highly trained full-time employees will operate the electric generation facility from a newly established service center in Jonesville, Michigan, scheduled to be completed this month.

Consumers Energy’s newest wind project represents a $246 million investment in Michigan’s clean energy infrastructure. It joins Lake Winds Energy Park, Cross Winds Energy Park, and Gratiot Farms Wind Project, which went online in late 2020, as wind energy projects Consumers Energy owns and operates.

Combined, the four Consumers Energy wind energy farms can produce enough clean, renewable energy to power about 249,600 residents.

Crescent Wind plays a key role in fulfilling the energy provider’s Clean Energy Plan, which calls for eliminating coal as an energy source, achieving net-zero carbon emissions and meeting 90% of customers’ energy needs through clean sources like renewable energy, energy waste reduction and energy storage.

Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, is the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.7 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.

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Inspired and The CAGE Companies Announce Exclusive Virtual Sports Agreement Across the Caribbean

NEW YORK and BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Inspired Entertainment, Inc. («Inspired») (NASDAQ: INSE) announced today it has entered into an exclusive agreement with The CAGE Companies (An RLJ Companies Majority Owned Company) and its subsidiary, CAGE Sports BV, to offer Inspired’s multi-award winning virtual sports in CAGE’s retail outlets and interactive channels throughout the Caribbean. CAGE is a prominent video lottery and video gaming terminal operator in the Caribbean and South America.

Inspired will provide its V-Play Plug & Play™ («VPP») online and mobile product solution to CAGE’s interactive channels through online platforms and its best-in-class virtual sports to retail venues throughout the Caribbean starting in 2021. VPP includes multiple custom sports variants for CAGE customers, including virtual cricket, which Inspired will be introducing for the first time as part of its VPP solution given the popularity of cricket in the Caribbean.

«The CAGE Companies have established themselves as the Caribbean’s premier gaming route operator and Robert L. Johnson is a true visionary. We are looking forward to working with them and extending our partnership to deploy our leading content into the market,» said Brooks Pierce, President and Chief Operating Officer of Inspired. «Our virtuals have proven popular in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America and we see the Caribbean as an opportunity to showcase the strength of our overall offerings.»

CAGE and its affiliates can also sublicense the products to third-party operators in the Caribbean.

«We are thrilled to be able to offer Inspired’s leading virtual sports to our customer base in the Caribbean, providing an engaging betting experience and further complementing our sports betting business,» said Robert L. Johnson, Founder of The RLJ Companies and Co-Founder and Majority Owner of the CAGE Companies. «With Inspired’s virtuals, and cricket in particular, our customers’ favorite sports seasons don’t have to end and our retailers can enjoy the financial benefits of the extended season.»

«We look forward to starting up our virtual sports operations in a number of Caribbean countries where CAGE Sports has existing licenses or management agreements during the late first quarter/early second quarter 2021,» said Robert B. Washington, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of the CAGE Companies. «We are also excited about partnering with Inspired in creating new ‘Caribbean Legends of Cricket’ virtual sports games which we believe will create customer excitement in the Caribbean community and beyond,» stated Robert B. Washington.

Inspired’s pioneering virtual sports are popular worldwide, appealing to a wide variety of players through more than 40,000 retail channels and 100+ websites in 35 countries. Trailers and demos of the latest virtual sports offerings are available at www.inseinc.com/virtuals/.

About Inspired Entertainment, Inc.

Inspired offers an expanding portfolio of content, technology, hardware and services for regulated gaming, betting, lottery, social and leisure operators across retail and mobile channels around the world. The Company’s gaming, virtual sports, interactive and leisure products appeal to a wide variety of players, creating new opportunities for operators to grow their revenue. The Company operates in approximately 35 jurisdictions worldwide, supplying gaming systems with associated terminals and content for more than 50,000 gaming machines located in betting shops, pubs, gaming halls and other route operations; virtual sports products through more than 44,000 retail channels; digital games for 100+ websites; and a variety of amusement entertainment solutions with a total installed base of more than 19,000 devices. Additional information can be found at www.inseinc.com.

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Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside of Inspired’s control and all of which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Inspired’s views as of any subsequent date, and Inspired does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. You are advised to review carefully the «Risk Factors» section of Inspired’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and in Inspired’s subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which are available, free of charge, on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

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About The RLJ Companies

The RLJ Companies, founded by Robert L. Johnson, is an innovative business network that provides strategic investments in a diverse portfolio of companies. Within The RLJ Companies portfolio, Johnson owns or holds interests in businesses operating in a publicly traded hotel real estate investment trust; private equity; 401k fintech services; automobile dealerships; content streaming; gaming and sports betting. The RLJ Companies is headquartered in Bethesda, MD with affiliate operations in Charlotte, NC, Little Rock, AR and San Juan, PR. Prior to founding The RLJ Companies, Johnson founded and was chairman of Black Entertainment Television (BET).
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About the «CAGE Companies»

CAGE Companies are focused on the installation, operation and management of video lottery and video gaming terminals, linked gaming systems and game content including Sports Betting and Virtual Sports games throughout the Caribbean and South America. The CAGE Companies were co-founded by Robert L. Johnson and Robert B. Washington in 2004 for the purpose of bringing superior Video Lottery Terminals («VLTs») and Video Gaming Machines («VGMs»), central computer systems and exciting, new downloadable game content to targeted South America and Caribbean countries with the goal of enhancing local economies and creating local entrepreneurial and employment opportunities. CAGE has deployed over 3,000 VLTs and VGMs into its existing markets. The CAGE Companies is headquartered in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands and in Cyprus with offices and/or operations in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, the Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Sint Maarten and Puerto Rico.

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TEMSA’s electric vehicles will hit the road in Romania

ADANA, Turkey, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — After delivering its first electric bus export to Sweden in recent months, TEMSA is strengthening its position in the global markets through new exports. Having taken part with its Avenue Electron model electric vehicles in the electric bus tender held by Buzău, Romania in July last year, TEMSA won by surpassing its global competitors. Within the scope of the tender, TEMSA will deliver four…

Engineered, Developed and Manufactured in Adana

TEMSA’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Hakan Koralp, noted that TEMSA is among the leading companies world-wide when it comes to electric vehicles and said, «We have been developing electric vehicle technologies for many years. With our vehicles that we engineer, develop and manufacture at our plant in Adana, we aim to contribute to the future of transportation and sustainability of our world.»

We Are Now Stronger With Our Partners

Koralp expressed that TEMSA will attain much greater success in the field of electric vehicles with the partnership of the Sabancı Holding and PPF Group and with its sister company Škoda Transportation in the future and continued: «We keep on working to strengthen our position in foreign markets, particularly in Europe, with the knowledge of our partners and their competitive power within the international markets. Electrification is presently the most significant topic in the world of transportation. We will continue to develop vehicle technologies that conform it by placing R&D and innovation at the heart of our growth strategy and to export our vehicles with a various product range that is ready for serial production to the world.»

Short Charge in Nine Minutes

Avenue Electron that will be on the roads of Romania’s city of Buzău in 2021 was first introduced at Hanover Commercial Vehicle Fair held in Germany in 2018.
The vehicle with a length of 12 meters has 35 seats and 85-person passenger capacity.
Also a fast charging feature is available in the vehicle that can cover a 230- kilometer distance when fully charged. Also, able to travel 90 kilometers with a nine-minute charge. This makes Avenue Electron advantageous particularly in urban transportation.

15% Increase in the Range With a Single Pedal

An innovation brought along with Avenue Electron is the single-pedal driving system. Instead of the accelerator and brake pedals together, only the accelerator pedal is present in the vehicle. Connected to the battery, the pedal allows the vehicle to both accelerate and slowdown or even stops when the drivers pull their foot off the pedal. While that technology increases the range of the vehicle by up to 15 percent, it reduces the brake maintenance costs and maintenance times of vehicles.

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Florim Obtains B Corp Certification

FIORANO MODENESE, Italy, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In December 2020, Florim obtained B Corp certification. An extraordinary achievement for a manufacturing company in a highly energy- and resource-dependent market such as that of ceramics. The B Corp certification was achieved as the result of an ongoing process begun some time ago, the main stages of which involved the company’s transformation to a Benefit Corporation in March 2020, and the adoption of new articles of association, introducing the commitment to produce, in addition to profit for shareholders, also a positive impact on the environment, territory and community.

Chairman Claudio Lucchese stated: «For us, the transition to a Benefit Corporation was simply the formalisation of a course we have been pursuing for several years now. The inclusion of actions in the company strategy, designed to improve our environmental impact and provide support to employees and territories, is part of the way we’ve been doing business since well before the concept of «sustainability» became widespread,» and today added, «We celebrate this important acknowledgement as a seal of our genuine commitment, not as the end point, but rather as a stimulus for the future.»

The Chairman’s words are supported by facts: 45 million Euros invested by Florim in green actions and technology since 2012, partnerships with Sassuolo Hospital and Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, in support of health, beauty and art, as well as activities to support youths and the community promoted by the Giovanni Lucchese Foundation.

This recognition was the culmination of a scrupulous process of analysis and evaluation by B Lab, the US non-profit organisation currently responsible for promoting the B Corp model. Florim Italia obtained a score of 98.1, while the group, inclusive of its American partner company, obtained a score of 90.9. This is an excellent result ranking among the highest in the manufacturing/industrial sector and significantly exceeding the minimum score of 80 points, necessary to be awarded B Corp status. The latter is the limit score indicating a company’s ability to generate profit in a socially responsible manner, effectively restoring value to the community. B Corp companies represent an evolved paradigm of doing business, based on the commitment to operate with the aim of generating a positive impact on the environment, people and the community, in addition to economic results.

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Oil & Gas IoT Core Analytics Service Revenues to Grow to US$712 Million in 2026

LONDON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Oil & Gas (O&G) IoT Analytics market garners heavy investment, yet it is deeply challenged by complex system integrations, siloed data, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) management systems. In-house analytics is no longer a sustainable and cost-effective IoT option, and oil & gas firms have widely recognized the expertise of IoT cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)/SaaS vendors. According to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research, spending on big data and analytics in the oil and gas industry totaled US$156 million in 2020, an annual increase of 36.8% from 2018. Over the next 6 years, the oil & gas IoT core analytics service revenue will grow to US$712.7 million.

«Instead of developing analytics capabilities in-house, more and more enterprises are turning to supplier advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) PaaS/SaaS offerings enabled through extensive cross-industry collaborations. Partnership examples include Total Oil and Google Cloud, BP and Azure, and Seeq and Saudi Aramco. Simultaneously, the leading IoT vendors are continually competing for the top O&G contracts by offering an end-to-end solution and expanding their marketplace portfolios toward the edge,» explains Kateryna Dubrova, Research Analyst at ABI Research.

Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are positioned as leading end-to-end solutions with basic public cloud toolkits. While Seeq, Foghorn, Falkonry, Manna, and Uptake, provide more advanced, specialized oil & gas analytics solutions. DataRobot, Noodle.ai, and Dataiku provide IoT ML integration services, with powerful AI engines and low-to-no-code solutions. Simultaneously, Nokia, C3.ai, Teradata, KX, and GE are positioning themselves firmly as offering system integration and overall digital transformation services for the oil & gas sector.

The diversification of the investment portfolios toward green energy and emission monitoring technologies is among the top trends in the oil and gas analytics market. The O&G enterprises and vendors are focusing their efforts on the «green» market, driving the demand for «green» analytics use cases and applications. «Advanced analytics for upstream and downstream oil and gas operations is more or less solidified, so monitoring carbon emissions, lowering carbon footprints, and related green energy activities, are expected to become popular for advanced analytics monetization,» says Dubrova.

O&G enterprises are showcasing rapid adoption of the cloud and cloud-native analytics applications as components of their digital transformation model. «Cloud-based applications are available through subscription-based plans up to fully-managed services.. In such cases, there are considerable cost savings on infrastructure, including improving efficiencies and lowering the production costs,» Dubrova concludes.

These findings are from ABI Research’s IoT Analytics Services for Oil and Gas Markets application analysis report. This report is part of the company’s M2M, IoT & IoE research service, which includes research, data, and analyst insights. Based on extensive primary interviews, Application Analysis reports present in-depth analysis on key market trends and factors for a specific technology.

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ABI Research provides strategic guidance to visionaries, delivering actionable intelligence on the transformative technologies that are dramatically reshaping industries, economies, and workforces across the world. ABI Research’s global team of analysts publish groundbreaking studies often years ahead of other technology advisory firms, empowering our clients to stay ahead of their markets and their competitors.

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NEXE Developing Compostable Single-Use Facemasks

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VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – NEXE Innovations Inc. (TSXV: NEXE) («NEXE» or the «Company»), a leader in innovative plant-based materials science and manufacturing technologies, has begun the development and prototyping of a compostable disposable facemask (the «NEXE Mask») in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In developing the NEXE Mask, NEXE will leverage existing collaborations in polymer science, plant-based materials, and municipal composting that were utilized for its NEXE pod. To support this goal, NEXE has also initiated new collaborations with leaders in healthcare and personal protective equipment (PPE).

NEXE has developed initial prototypes and will focus on creating a fully functional compostable disposable facemask that meets international healthcare standards in the coming months. The space required for manufacturing can be easily accommodated in NEXE’s newly expanded production facility, and several new hires in engineering roles are anticipated as part of the project. The Company aims to complete a functional prototype in 2021. With funds raised under the December 2020 financing and received under warrant exercises, NEXE has sufficient funds to complete the development of the NEXE Mask.

It is estimated that more than 100 billion facemasks¹ are currently being disposed of every month as the COVID-19 pandemic rages. The vast majority of these are made from non-compostable polypropylene, requiring decades or centuries to break down and leaving microplastic pollution behind. While they are a key tool in the fight against COVID-19, these disposable masks also create significant landfill waste or contaminate lakes, rivers, oceans, and soils. The global market for disposable masks exceeded $70 billion USD in 2020², more than double the size of the market for single-serve beverage pods.

«With this project, NEXE is finally able to showcase our innovation platform, leveraging our battle-tested experience in handling plant-based materials technologies to confront plastic waste in the healthcare industry,» said CEO Darren Footz. «Masks save lives, but there has to be a more sustainable solution. We’ve built the skills and technologies needed to confront this problem, and are excited to open up a new dimension to our business.»

NEXE will leverage established collaborations with the Surrey Biofuels Facility, one of Canada’s most advanced composting centres, and Dr. Zachary Hudson, Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Chemistry at UBC. Hudson also serves as Chief Scientific Officer of NEXE, and his lab at UBC is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for materials characterization and design.

«Our goal is to develop a disposable facemask that is made from plant-based materials without compromising on safety or comfort. By engaging with leaders in materials science, compostability, PPE manufacturing, and healthcare, NEXE aims to apply our technologies to one of the world’s fastest-growing sources of plastic waste. We are excited to share more about our technologies and partnerships in the short term,» said Hudson.

¹J. C. Prata, A. L. Patrício Silva, T. R. Walker, A. C. Duarte, T. Rocha Santos, Environ. Sci. Tech. 2020, 54, 7760.

²Grand View Research. Disposable Face Mask Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Product (Protective, Dust, Non-woven), By Application (Industrial, Personal), By Distribution Channel, And Segment Forecasts, 2020 – 2027. 2020

About NEXE Innovations Inc.
NEXE Innovations Inc. is a leader in plant-based compostable technology and advanced materials manufacturing based in British Columbia, Canada. The company has developed one of the only patented, fully compostable, plant-based, single-serve coffee pods for use in leading single-serve coffee machines. The proprietary NEXE pod is designed to reduce the significant environmental impact caused by single-serve pods, >40 billion of which are discarded every year. With over $35M raised to date from equity and government funding and over five years of R&D, NEXE is well-positioned to meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly and sustainable products in the single-serve coffee sector and beyond.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements or information, which include the proposed use of proceeds, commercialization of the NEXE PODs, including the NEXE Nespresso Compatible Pod, development of the NEXE Mask, and increase production capacity, create other environmentally friendly compostable packaging opportunities, development of technologies, the potential of the Company’s technology, future plans, regulatory approvals and other matters. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such information can generally be identified by the use of forwarding-looking wording such as «may», «expect», «estimate», «anticipate», «intend», «believe» and «continue» or the negative thereof or similar variations. The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of any forward-looking information may prove to be incorrect. Events or circumstances may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted, as a result of numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including but not limited to, business, economic and capital market conditions, the ability to manage operating expenses, consumer demand for and sentiment towards the Company’s products, security threats, and dependence on key personnel. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future, including the demand for its products, anticipated costs, and the ability to achieve goals. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, failure to obtain regulatory approval, the continued availability of capital and financing, equipment failures, litigation, increase in operating costs, the impact of Covid-19 or other viruses and diseases on the Company’s ability to operate, competition, failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations, government regulations, loss of key employees and consultants, and general economic, market or business conditions. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking information.

The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Mark Carney Conflates Climate-COVID Fearmongering on False Grounds – Peak Carbon was Reached in 2019

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — In a BBC report of Feb. 6, 2021, Mark Carney, UN Climate Czar, falsely claimed, that climate deaths would be worse than COVID unless the world threw trillions of dollars at the…

Friends of Science says death rates from heat and extreme weather events have declined by 99% since the 1920s while global temperatures have increased 1.0 °C. Cato Institute’s article reported on this study by Gasparrini et al (2015) that examined 74 million deaths worldwide and found that the ratio of cold-related to heat-related deaths was a whopping 17 to 1. Warming therefore would greatly reduce temperature related deaths.

As Pielke, Jr. has noted, in his article «The Unstoppable Momentum of Outdated Science«, peak carbon was likely reached in 2019.

Bjorn Lomborg has shown in his book «False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet» that climate-related deaths have steadily decreased.

A recent modelling study in The Lancet of Feb. 2021, claimed millions of lives would be saved if countries were to meet the Paris Agreement targets. It seems the authors are unaware that if every country met its Paris GHG reduction targets, as Bjorn Lomborg shows, there would only be a 0.05° Celsius reduction in warming by 2100 but it would cost $1-2 trillion a year for no benefit.

Mark Carney is also Vice Chair of Brookfield Asset Management, a major investor in renewables, and he has been advising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This suggests a serious conflict of interest and undue influence on the issue of carbon taxes.

According to Brookfield’s CFO in a transcript of their 4th quarter results conference call of Feb. 4, 2021, posted by The Motley Fool, «As examples, the current U.S. administration has reestablished a working group that is expected to increase the social cost of carbon to more than $50 per ton. And in Canada, a carbon tax has been set at $30 per ton for 2020 and is set to increase almost 6x to $170 by 2030. Carbon taxes or carbon pricing provide long-term support for growing wind and solar capacity…»

Wind and solar are «powered» by unwitting taxpayer subsidies through carbon taxes as outlined by Robert Lyman in his three part series on renewables and cleantech – «Broken Promises«, «Empty Wallets«, and «Empty Pockets«.

Mark Carney, in chatting with Bloomberg, is pushing Global NetZero for COP26 in Glasgow, an objective that is not supported by climate evidence or engineering realities: «Why Renewable Energy Cannot Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050«.

Meanwhile, a new paper by Fiedler et al in Nature entitled «Business risk and the emergence of climate analytics» explains the significant limitations on the climate disclosure and forecasting that Mark Carney wants from the corporate community to «unleash investment».

Fiedler et al note that climate models have been misused and that the numerical precision of climate modelling can be very deceptive.

«People can be easily taken in by the apparent precision of numbers,» economist Ross McKitrick said in a 2015 series of plain language interviews on the Social Cost of Carbon.

Fiedler et al express concerns about a false sense of security engendered by [climate] modeled forecasts, the risks of encouraging capital to withdraw from areas assessed as ‘risky’, that under an alternative modelling specification would have been ‘safe’, or that vulnerabilities might be ‘weaponized’.

The Tar Sands Campaign green/climate trade war has so weaponized ‘carbon risk’ against the oil sands in Alberta, Canada. A new report «Dirty Lies About Oil Sands Crude: Clearing the Air on Carbon Intensity» shows oil sands emissions are on a par or less that other producers.

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Los negocios familiares se arriesgan a no cumplir con los criterios ESG – Encuesta de negocios familiares de PwC

LONDRES, 16 de febrero de 2021 /PRNewswire/ — En un año en que las empresas han tenido que transformar la manera en que satisfacen las necesidades de la sociedad y el medio ambiente, las empresas familiares corren el riesgo de quedarse atrás, según una nueva encuesta global de 2.801 propietarios de empresas familiares.

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Si bien más de la mitad (55 %) de los encuestados consideran que su empresa tiene el potencial para liderar en materia de sostenibilidad, solo el 37 % cuenta con una estrategia definida para ello. Las empresas europeas y estadounidenses se están rezagando en comparación con sus contrapartes asiáticas en materia del compromiso de priorizar la sostenibilidad en su estrategia. El 79 % de los encuestados en China continental y el 78 % de los de Japón reportaron «poner la sostenibilidad en el centro de todo lo que hacemos», en comparación con el 23 % de los encuestados en EE. UU. y el 39 % del Reino Unido. Las empresas más grandes y aquellas que pertenecen a generaciones posteriores también rompen esta tendencia, con un mayor enfoque en la sostenibilidad.

Esta reticencia a adoptar la sostenibilidad se produce a pesar de que las empresas de propiedad familiar tienen muchas probabilidades de percibir una responsabilidad hacia la sociedad. Más del 80 % participa en actividades proactivas de responsabilidad social, y el 71 % buscó retener a la mayor cantidad posible de personal durante la pandemia. Tampoco es función del pesimismo económico: menos de la mitad (46 %) espera que las ventas disminuyan a pesar de la pandemia y los encuestados se sintieron optimistas sobre las capacidades de sus negocios para resistir y seguir creciendo en 2021 y 2022.

En cambio, el problema es una concepción cada vez más obsoleta de cómo las empresas deberían responder a la sociedad, con un 76 % en los Estados Unidos y un 60 % en el Reino Unido enfatizando su contribución directa, a menudo a través de iniciativas filantrópicas más que mediante un enfoque estratégico en materia de ESG («Medio ambiente, Sostenibilidad y Gobernanza», por sus siglas en inglés). Las empresas familiares de cierta forma también están aisladas de la presión de los inversionistas, que actualmente impulsa a las empresas públicas para que pongan a ESG en el centro de sus planes a largo plazo para el éxito comercial.

Peter Englisch, líder global de negocios familiares de PwC, señaló:

«Es evidente que las empresas familiares de todo el mundo tienen un fuerte compromiso con un propósito social más amplio. Pero existe una creciente presión por parte de los clientes, prestamistas, accionistas e incluso de los empleados para demostrar un impacto significativo en torno a la sostenibilidad y las problemáticas de ESG en general. Muchas empresas que cotizan en bolsa han comenzado a responder, pero esta encuesta indica que las empresas familiares mantienen un enfoque más tradicional en materia de contribución social.

«Las empresas familiares deben adaptarse a las nuevas expectativas y, al no hacerlo, generan un potencial riesgo comercial. Esto no se trata solamente de expresar un compromiso de hacer el bien, sino de establecer objetivos e informes significativos que demuestren un claro sentido de sus valores y propósito al momento de ayudar a las economías y sociedades a construir mejor que antes».

Crecimiento

La encuesta sugiere que las empresas familiares han resistido la pandemia relativamente bien. Menos de la mitad (46 %) espera que las ventas disminuyan a pesar de la pandemia y los encuestados se sintieron optimistas acerca de las capacidades de sus negocios para resistir y seguir creciendo en 2021 y 2022.

Empresas familiares quedan rezagadas en la transformación digital

A pesar de que el 80 % de las empresas familiares se adaptaron a los desafíos de la pandemia de la COVID-19 al permitir el trabajo remoto para los empleados, también hay inquietudes en cuanto a su solidez general en lo que respecta a la transformación digital.

El 62 % de los encuestados describió sus capacidades digitales como «no sólidas», y un 19 % las describió como un trabajo en progreso.

Sin embargo, aquí hay claras diferencias generacionales: el 41 % de las empresas que se describen a sí mismas como digitalmente sólidas son de tercera o cuarta generación, y las nuevas generaciones han asumido un rol cada vez mayor en el 46 % de las empresas digitalmente fuertes.

Peter Englisch dice:

«Es preocupante que las empresas familiares estén quedando atrasadas en esta materia. Existe clara evidencia de que tener capacidades digitales sólidas permite la agilidad y el éxito, y de que estas empresas tienen un entusiasmo similar por la sostenibilidad

«Las empresas deberían considerar cómo pueden atraer la experiencia y los conocimientos frescos de las nuevas generaciones al momento de priorizar su transformación digital».

El déficit de gobernanza

Si bien las empresas familiares informan buenos niveles de confianza, transparencia y comunicación, la encuesta destaca los beneficios de una estructura de gobernanza profesional. Mientras que el 79 % indica que tiene algún tipo de procedimiento o política de gobernanza vigente, las cifras se reducen drásticamente cuando se trata de áreas importantes: apenas un poco más de una cuarta parte indica tener una constitución o protocolo familiar, mientras que solo el 15 % ha establecido mecanismos de resolución de conflictos.

Peter Englisch dice:

«La armonía familiar nunca debe darse por sentado, es algo que debe trabajarse y planificarse con el mismo enfoque y profesionalismo que se aplica a la estrategia comercial y a las decisiones operacionales.

«Hay cada vez más preocupaciones por parte de las entidades reguladoras de todo el mundo sobre la sucesión de los negocios familiares, especialmente cuando una tercera parte de las empresas de primera, segunda o tercera generación se encuentra esperando que la siguiente generación se convierta en accionista mayoritaria en los próximos cinco años.

«Por lo tanto, es de vital importancia que las empresas tomen la iniciativa de asegurarse de contar con procesos formales que puedan garantizar la estabilidad y la continuidad a largo plazo».

Notas a los editores

La encuesta Family Business está disponible para lectura aquí: https://www.pwc.com/familybusinesssurvey
El informe se basa en 2.801 entrevistas realizadas con líderes de empresas familiares y responsables de la toma de decisiones en 87 territorios, entre el 5 de octubre y el 11 de diciembre de 2020

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Family businesses risk missing the mark on ESG – PwC Family business survey

LONDON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In a year where business has had to transform the way it meets the needs of society and the environment, family owned businesses risk falling behind, according to a new global survey of 2,801 family business owners.

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While more than half (55%) of respondents saw the potential for their business to lead on sustainability, only 37% have a defined strategy in place. European and American businesses are lagging their Asian counterparts in their commitment to prioritising sustainability in their strategy. 79% of respondents in mainland China and 78% in Japan reported ‘putting sustainability at the heart of everything we do’ compared to 23% of US and 39% in the UK. Larger businesses and those owned by later generations also buck the trend, with greater focus on sustainability.

This reluctance to embrace sustainability comes despite the fact family owned businesses are highly likely to see a responsibility to society. Over 80% engage in proactive social responsibility activity, and 71% sought to retain as many staff as possible during the pandemic. Nor is it a function of economic pessimism – less than half (46%) expect sales to fall despite the pandemic and survey respondents felt optimistic about their business’ abilities to withstand and continue to grow in 2021 and 2022.

Instead, the issue is an increasingly out-of-date conception of how businesses should respond to society, with 76% in the US and 60% in the UK placing greater emphasis on their direct contribution, often through philanthropic initiatives, rather than through a strategic approach to ESG matters. Family businesses are also somewhat insulated from the investor pressure that is currently pushing public companies to put ESG at the heart of their long term plans for commercial success.

Peter Englisch, global family business leader at PwC says,

«It is clear that family businesses globally have a strong commitment to a wider social purpose. But there is a growing pressure from customers, lenders, shareholders and even employees, to demonstrate a meaningful impact around sustainability and wider ESG issues. Many listed companies have started to respond but this survey indicates that family businesses have a more traditional approach to social contribution.

«Family businesses must adapt to changing expectations and, by failing to do so, are creating a potential business risk. This is not just about stating a commitment to doing good, but setting meaningful targets and reporting that demonstrate a clear sense of their values and purpose when it comes to helping economies and societies build back better.»

Growth

The survey suggests family businesses have weathered the pandemic relatively well. Less than half (46%) expect sales to fall despite the pandemic and survey respondents felt optimistic about their business’ abilities to withstand and continue to grow in 2021 and 2022.

Family business lagging on digital transformation

Even though 80% of family businesses adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by enabling home working for employees, there are also concerns about their overall strength when it comes to digital transformation.

62% of respondents described their digital capabilities as ‘not strong,’ with a further 19% describing it as a work in progress.

Yet here there are clear generational differences: 41% of businesses that describe themselves as digitally strong are 3rd or 4th generation, and Next Gens have taken an increased role in 46% of digitally strong businesses.

Peter Englisch says,

«It is a concern that family businesses are lagging behind the curve. There is clear evidence that having strong digital capabilities enables agility and success and that they have a similar enthusiasm for sustainability

«Businesses should consider how they can engage the experience and fresh insight of Next Gens when it comes to prioritising their digital journey.»

The governance gap

While family businesses report good levels of trust, transparency and communication, the survey highlights the benefits of a professional governance structure. While 79% say they have some form of governance procedure or policy in place, the figures fall dramatically when it comes to important areas: just over a quarter state they have a family constitution or protocol, while only 15% have established conflict resolution mechanisms.

Peter Englisch says,

«Family harmony should never be taken for granted – it’s something that must be worked on and planned for, with the same focus and professionalism that’s applied to business strategy and operational decisions.

«There are growing concerns from regulators around the world about family business succession, especially with a third of 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation businesses expecting the next generation to become majority shareholders in the next five years.

«It is therefore vitally important that businesses take a lead on ensuring they have formal processes in place they can ensure stability and continuity in the long run.»

Notes to editors

The Family Business Survey is available to read here: https://www.pwc.com/familybusinesssurvey
The report is based on 2,801 interviews conducted with family business leaders and decision-makers across 87 territories between 05 October and 11 December 2020

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